the arts
the arts — idiom
1. music, painting, dance, theatre, writing, and similar fields where people use sk
music, painting, dance, theatre, writing, and similar fields where people use skill and imagination to make creative work.
The city council voted to spend more money on the arts next year.
the arts as object of fund / support
Renata left her office job to work in the arts as a stage designer.
work in the arts + named career
Many schools now teach both the sciences and the arts to younger children.
Karim grew up loving the arts, from painting to live music at the theatre.
The festival celebrates the arts with concerts, plays, and open painting studios.
- the fine arts
narrower; leans toward painting, sculpture, and similar visual work
- the creative arts
emphasises the imaginative, making side of these fields
- the humanities
overlaps but also covers history, languages, and philosophy
- the sciences
fields based on experiment and measurement rather than creative expression
文法句型
support the arts
work in the arts
the arts and sciences
用法筆記
Always used in the plural with 'the' to mean creative fields as a whole group. Distinguish from 'art' alone, which usually points to painting, drawing, and sculpture rather than music, dance, or writing.
常見錯誤
Incorrect: 'She wants to study art like music and dance.' Correct: 'She wants to study the arts like music and dance.' — use 'the arts' for the whole group of creative fields.
Incorrect: 'He works in a art.' Correct: 'He works in the arts.' — the phrase is fixed as plural with 'the'.